CultureGeektag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-922895839783544432019-04-05T09:02:29-05:00Adventures in geek culture! Books, movies, television and comics in the worlds of science fiction, fantasy and horror, plus fun stuff on the web and slices of life from the convention circuit.TypePadGuest Voices: The Love That Hears Its Name Whispered, With Laughtertag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a0147e0e33d79970b0240a445ee73200c2019-04-05T09:02:29-05:002019-04-05T09:02:29-05:00(Note: As they sometimes say on NPR, the following is by no means explicit but does acknowledge the existence of sex.) I had a great idea for this entry. I was going to talk about the way pop culture, from movies to TV shows to popular music to comic books and more, has a gender disparity in the way masturbation is portrayed depending on whether the person engaged in the act is male or female....CultureGeekGuest Voices: In Praise of Twenty One Pilotstag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a0147e0e33d79970b0240a47362f5200d2019-03-21T12:13:00-05:002019-03-24T00:48:41-05:00Today's guest voice is none other than CultureGeek Jr., otherwise known as Ian Smith. Once upon a time in Columbus, Ohio, circa 2009: high school friends Tyler Joseph, Nick Thomas, and Chris Salhi decided to start a band with Tyler on vocals, piano, and ukulele, Nick on bass, and Chris on drums. They called this new group “Twenty One Pilots” as a reference to the play All My Sons by Arthur Miller, a story centering...CultureGeekLinkspam grabs the Emmys and Comic-Con Trailerstag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a0147e0e33d79970b022ad35d12d0200c2018-07-22T16:16:19-05:002018-07-22T16:16:19-05:00It’s Emmy time, and the list leads with the usual contenders. Game of Thrones got 22 noms, but Netflix beat HBO with 112 noms vs. HBO’s 108. Nominees for best drama are The Handmaid’s Tale, Game of Thrones, This is Us, The Crown, The Americans, Stranger Things and Westworld. Nominees for best comedy are Atlanta, Barry, Black-ish, Curb Your Enthusiasm (still??), GLOW, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Silicon Valley and The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt. The rest...CultureGeekLinkspam wishes Captain America a happy birthdaytag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a0147e0e33d79970b022ad37eec05200d2018-07-05T19:58:25-05:002018-07-05T19:58:25-05:00Happy 100th birthday to Captain America! Otherwise known as Superman, until the real Superman comes back to the movies, Cap currently carries the banner for truth, justice and the American way. How did we come up with this “birthday”? Someone zoomed in on Cap’s initial 4-F card for the Army and his birthdate is listed as July 4, 1918. Of course he was born on the Fourth of July. And since there’s not been as...CultureGeekCultureGeek ventures near the Murder Housetag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a0147e0e33d79970b022ad3993cb9200b2018-06-15T20:39:02-05:002018-06-15T20:39:02-05:00Next season will be a crossover between Murder House and Coven, which were two seasons I actually managed to watch. Look, I stuck with it a long ways, but my taste for horror is of the creepy, chilling Twilight Zone variety, not “let’s count the ways we can rape” and eyeball-gouging with grapefruit spoons.CultureGeekLinkspam stands with artists in needtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a0147e0e33d79970b0224e03f7c16200d2018-06-05T20:01:13-05:002018-06-05T20:50:13-05:00Mother Nature was one cranky lady two weeks ago, when a micro-cell storm hit the Art Outside festival at Schlafly Bottleworks. More than 60 local artists sustained terrible losses, both to their artwork and to their infrastructure - festival tents and display cases are not cheap, folks. And speaking as a traveling artist myself, I am pretty sure my meager renter’s insurance doesn’t cover acts of God outside my home. I was not there, but...CultureGeekLinkspam applies for secretary of the weektag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a0147e0e33d79970b0224e03ca68d200d2018-05-25T23:27:43-05:002018-05-25T23:27:43-05:00Once again I am forced to recant my opposition to remakes and reboots. Some have gone horribly wrong (Roseanne) while others have failed to annoy us (Will & Grace, by all reports). But they’re bringing back Murphy Brown. Line up the secretaries! The trailer is hilarious, though sadly missing Charles Kimbrough as the stolid Jim Dial, leading to speculation whether the 81-year-old actor is up to a recurring appearance. Everyone else is on board, even...CultureGeekLinkspam hears the verdicttag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a0147e0e33d79970b0224df2e1594200b2018-04-26T20:31:59-05:002018-04-26T20:33:32-05:00Unless you were living under a rock this week, you know that Bill Cosby was convicted on three counts of sexual assault Thursday. Ever since this began, it seems my entire generation has struggled to reconcile our memory of the friendly, sweater-wearing Cliff Huxtable and the funnyman who voiced Fat Albert and sold pudding pops with the predator described in court. The impact seems to be twice as harsh for African-Americans who grew up watching...CultureGeekLinkspam wins the awards (not really)tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a0147e0e33d79970b01b7c9619aa0970b2018-04-17T11:08:27-05:002018-04-17T11:36:24-05:00The Pulitzer Prizes are out - in case you’re wondering, your Friendly Neighborhood CultureGeek did not win one. Next year! However, there were some really amazing choices, and Poynter has a great summary analysis. Here are some of the highlights: The New York Times and New Yorker shared t he prize for public service for exposing Harvey Weinstein and kicking off the #metoo movement, changing the national conversation about sexual harassment and abuse. The Washington...CultureGeekHollywood has run out of ideas, but Linkspam is still watchingtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a0147e0e33d79970b01bb09fdf65e970d2018-03-23T18:03:31-05:002018-03-23T18:03:31-05:00In the category of “Hollywood has run out of ideas but we’re still there,” Zimbio did a roundup of prequels, sequels and remakes, some of which have already come out. Believe it or not, many/most of them are not head-shaking exercises in whyyyyyy? We all know there will be another round of MCU films, most notably the next Avengers movie (see Trailer Park) and I may be dragged kicking and screaming to another Pacific Rim...CultureGeek